Six Masters students at Elon University, in North Carolina, take a good run at defining hyperlocal news.

“The world of journalism is changing drastically. No longer do we the audience have to depend on the traditional news organizations to be our source for news. We can participate in the process ourselves. And now, more than ever, we’re interested in the news that we want to know about. We’re determining what’s most important by our involvement in the news process. So, what is hyper-local news?”…